Rail-holding tie



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C. G. GULBRAND RAIL HOLDING TIE Filed Apr'1l18, 1927 .'l'lllllll 3 Jufly1o, 192s.

Patented July 10, 1928.

UNITED- smi-ES CARL G. GULBRAND, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

RAIL-HOLDING TIE.

Application filed April 18, 1927. Serial No.A 184,669. i

My invention relates to railway ties, and more particularly to a tiewhich is formed or cast with rail holding means therein adapted to bemanipulated lfor the purpose of clamping a rail to the tie or releasingit atwill, with means for securingsaid'holdingmeans against accidentalielease.

One of the salient objects of my invention is to provide a railway tieof cast matcrial, preferably of concrete, with cavities or chambersformed therein on the under side thereof, with openings up through theltop thereof, and in which are placed during the forming thereof holdingmembers 'adapted to be manipulated from an inoperative position to anoperative position whereby a. rail placed thereon can be clamped to thetie or released by the manipulation of said holding members.

Another object of my invention is to provide in such a tie means forresiliently supporting the rail thereon, and upon which yielding meanssaid rail is held by said liolding members.

In order to fully explain my invention, I have illustrated one practicalembodiment thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings, which I willnow describe.

Figure l is a perspective view showing a section of a rail tie embodyingmy invention, with a section of a rail thereupon; Y

Figure 2 is a. fragmentary view, partly in section, of a railway tieembodying my Vinvention;

Figure 3 is a sectional view through a tie and rai-l and showing myimproved holding member 'in placeJ therein;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the end of a railway tie embodying myinvention, in section; and f Figure 5 is a plan view of a fragmentarysection of tie and rail and holding member, with parts broken away.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, it will be understood thatmy improved tie is to be cast of any suitable casting material, such asconcrete, though not limited to concrete. In the drawings the tie bodyis designated l in all views, and cavities formed therein to lighten thestructure are designated l.

There is alsofshown a holding member cavity under each rail and thiscavity is designated 1'a and is of special form,'as indicated iii Fig. 3in particular, and in which ya holding member 2 is placed, beinginserted up through said opening lya from the under- ,i

side, said holding member in its illustrating form being of generalU-formwith amiddle stemportion giving itsomething the form ofthey letterW, with the two upper ends of hc side arms or members bent to angles,2a.,A

2', ,and inpopposite directions,the middle member, designated v2hterminating undei' 4the base ofthe rail, designated 4', while the angleVor toe portions, 2, 2, `are adapted to betui'iiedto overlie aiid'wedgedown upon the base flange, 4', at` the opposite sides of said rail 4, asclearly illustrated, Fig. 3.

l In ,casting or forming the tie l, and the cavity l, there are twobody` portions l", l,

lwhich rest between the arms of the holding member, as indicated in Fig.3, and upon vthese portions vI have shown resilient or yielding members3, y3, to underlie thebase of the rail and give a. cushion effectbetween the rail and tie. These may be rubberballs,

as shown iii Figs. 2 and 3, or coiled springs, as 6, may be used, and tothis end the top of thetie body is formed with a transverse channel leto receive the base or flange of the tie, with the diagonally spaced topcavities up through which said holding members 2, 2, project and seat,substantially in the manner indicated. Said holding member as here shownis adapted to turn about its center and to this end the cavities upthrough which the side arms project are elongated, as vwill be clearfrom Fig. 5, and are adapted to receive wedge members, designated 5, to

hold the toe portions 2, 2a, in place upon the rail flanges, asindicated. Said diago- Aso nally spaced top cavities are designated 7,7,

and the ball or spring cavities are designated 8, 8, while the openingup throughl which the middle member of the holding i member projects isdesignated 9, Fig. 4Q v The operation of the device may be briefly idescribed as follows: The specially formed or cast ties are put intoplace upon the rightof-way with the holding members inserted up throughthe cavities provided forktheni,` as illustrated in Fig. 2. When therail is placed thereupon, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said holdingmembers are turned to position their bent portions 2a upon the flanges'of theirail, at opposite sides thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, andthen the wedge niembers 5 are put into place to hold the vholdingmembers in their operative positions, as seen in Fig. 5. The resilientmembers 3, 3, are placed in the rproper cavities in the formed Vit tie,under the base of the rail, to form a cushion between rail and'tie.

, I do not limit my invention to the details used to illustrate oneembodiment of `my invention, realizing that many changes can `tionsadapted toi be turned sin'iiiltaneoiisly to oi'eriie and clai'npfa railflange'to saidtie.

2. A rail'ivaytiel of tli'ecliai'acter shown and ydescribedliaving" railreceivingl eliaiinels formed transverselyacross the top oi said tie 'andlia-ving openings up fthroiig'li saidtie from the'uiiderside, forkedholding members inserted rup through said Atie lioni 'the iin:-

`derside and havingangle parts adapted to be `turifi'ed to "overlie andrlaiiip the flange of a rail onto said tie. v

railway tie 'formed `oi: east material land"having,` cavities formedtherein from the underside 'up' Athrough fsaid body, resilient membersIset `in"the`top of said tie to receive thebase oiiaraiL-a forkedholdingl member for each "rail inserted up through said tie"liron'ivtlie *underside Iand having Iangle tie portions adapted to beturned simultaneously to overlie and clamp said rail flange upon saidtie `body.

fi. A railway .tie of'oast material having rail receivingy channels inits top and cavity seats iin connection therewith, resilient means insaid seats, a holding member inserted upthrough saidtie from the underside for each rail, said holding member hav-k :ing` tivo arms providedAwith angleportions ,and diagonally" positioned `relative/to each other,said holding `member being` adapted to befturnedaboutits aiisto movesaifd'angle portions into holding engagement overl the liange et'aiailupon said'tie.'l v

A cast"i'ail ivay' tiefhavin'g rail. reeeiv ing-'channels in`its top,diagonally*opposed openings iip through said tie body -i'romtlieunderside, a 'holding member having,` two side arms andl Vvoiie'centervpiece extended-up `through said tiepbody, said'side arms havingg;angle'portionsat their ends and `adapted toibo turnedto'overli'etheoppositefsides of tlie'rlaiige of va rail placed upon said tie, and

Wedgenieai'is torholding said side armsyan'd said angle portions inclamping` position `iipon said railfffiange, substantially as'described.Signed 'at Los V*'Angeles, AvLos Angeles County, California,tliis 12thday'of April,

CARL G. GULnnaNn.

